(I recently wrote these words to a friend going through some hard times in her marriage. I cried when I wrote them. I'm crying now rereading them. I figure they are worth sharing.)
Marriage is hard. Really hard. And children make it harder.
But, then again children are hard too.
I think anything worth keeping requires some work. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘divorce’
and we shout at the top of our lungs
the glass is half full
I always so actively share the bad, the negative, and the difficult aspects of my life, that I probably leave the impression that there is no goodness or happiness to be found here. This could not be farther from the truth.
I don't think I've ever had a perfectly good or a perfectly bad anything. There's [...]
14 long days
14 long days
My inlaws called Jess two days ago to give her final dates for their trip out here. Instead of 10 days they are staying 14. Instead of driving they are flying. Instead of coming at the end of July they are coming on July 6th. They will not be renting a car. They [...]
day one?
(I can't keep track of what's supposed to be a secret anymore and what isn't. Or maybe I just don't care enough anymore to keep track. All I know is I hate writing in LiveJournal these days, so, this is public.)
I've been up since 5am, cleaning, paying bills, and doing chores. I've got about 15 [...]
divorce, death, and the afterlife
(I thought for quite some time about whether I should keep this post under my usual lock and key, filtered to only the select few. In the end, I decided it was okay to be public. The only possibly negative thing it says about Jess is that she gave up and I was willing to [...]
and what about the kitties?!
Many of you seem to be indicating that the best solution to my housing problem is to live with my parents.
I'm beginning to see the light and am slowly starting to accept the possibility and consider it fully. The other option I'm considering is just staying where I am and letting them try to get [...]
this old house
It looks like I'm getting stuck with the house (and the SUV and the credit card debt). So I'm trying to decide how best to work that out and I'm hoping that writing it out and your advice together will help me find the best solution.
(This is really not about why I'm stuck with these [...]
weekend recap
Jess helped me move my office around Friday night trying to find a setup that's more fitting and less wasteful. I think I may have found something that works. I'm quite happy about this as it had been a source of frustration for quite a while. The room was unusable as it was and always [...]
